As India reels from drought, gov’t slammed for poor policies

SHAHAPUR, India (AP) — Shantabai Babulkar’s day begins before dawn with a 5 kilometer (3 mile) trek across barren fields and dusty scrubland to fetch water from a distant well for her family. The two metal pots of muddy water that Babulkar, 58, balances on her head and a third that she carries in the […]